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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay
. a+ T( @+ g* |! p/ FWhen grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,7 V# b4 P" s2 |
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
" X* z7 `/ o- r+ iAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.1 g! ^3 W! W7 z
His riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,
( M( j% I2 C, z) pWas polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;# Y# u8 d4 @7 ^# N+ W1 Y# p4 \# A
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,0 H- a: a _; v
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.; H) t/ h& i4 }& L% H) ^. w
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,
, T, {6 B/ ]7 x1 }+ S+ hAnd hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,4 |" M, s% D6 V! v0 s7 ?6 e
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;
* H Q5 w2 w5 r5 aAh! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.
: v, ~0 t9 c: |& F8 q eWith sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,! l8 ^/ @6 z3 U7 a$ ]0 ]
And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.% P% J1 B) N2 e
When the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,
2 E9 l9 x% U0 |/ D5 nGood Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.( E% A+ {! d/ r
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,
. Y) ^' h# n0 v3 L) _Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,/ T- p! h) l* t! k# T4 Q. P' Q/ e
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,# s$ ^/ d% B, l' {& J( E. ]
Knowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago., ?* Y, w0 U3 X: X
On the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,
3 j) i! J! r# a6 D0 xAnd the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;
4 t3 t# L8 i/ W2 v( pGrandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,0 z9 q; D- C. F. a5 @
Such a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.
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& X. l$ t% I7 w6 r2 rAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide1 D. t6 Q6 @5 t7 {. o
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
: K8 j* \5 t/ K5 I& _, IIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,3 r3 G# l' `! q5 b
For their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.
" z9 U: S/ `& ~Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
# ~% A6 d: C3 J* s; ~& XOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
! ]* n T9 y' l G/ ?From the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,
. q7 \$ }7 K6 z5 O/ T2 tBringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
- j3 Z5 x, a7 J5 }----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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